metahuman

English

Etymology

meta- + human

Noun

metahuman (plural metahumans)

  1. Superhuman.
    • 1991, Schroeck, Robert W., GURPS Supers: I.S.T., Steve Jackson Games, →ISBN, page 73
      A metarchy is a government by supers. Almost all the metarchies currently in existence are dictatorships, ruled by a single metahuman.
    • 2010, Ted Chiang, "The Evolution of Human Science", Stories of Your Life: And Others, Small Beer Press, page 203
      For example, imagine if research offered hope of a different intelligence-enhancing therapy, one that would allow individuals to gradually "upgrade" their minds to a metahuman-equivalent level.

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